Lowell-

Don't know if your just wakin' up, but what you describe is a fact of life in rural MO. Tried and true remedy is to advertise to your neighbors how ya like to hunt varmints an' such at night without a spotlight wif yor 44mag an haf emte bottl a hootch, jes lookin' fer the whites of dem eyes by da moon, or how gud ya r at "sound shots" at enthin' ya heer rustlin'...an fer da kup da graw-ya gots so meni conibears spred al-over, ya has ta war dem steel-to'd boots jest to git doun to fede dem fish in yor pond, lest ya loos anudder to. Maeks em thenk, duhe r donhe.

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